Sad-iron fixture



UNITED STATES PATENT GEETCE.

D. L. SHAW, OF LANSING, IOWA.

SAD-IRON FIXTURE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 49,446, dated Angust`15, 1865.

`tached, taken in the line x x, Fig. 4; Fig. 2,21-

longitudinal vertical section ot' the same, with two portions of my invention applied, takenin the line y' y', Fig. 5; Fig. 3,alongitudinal vertical section of the same, with all the parts of my invention applied, taken in the line z z, Fig. 6; Fig. 4,a plan or top view ofFg. l; Fig. 5, an inverted plan of Fig. 2; Fig. 6, a detached plan or top view ofthe stool pertaining to the invention, and shown in Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to certain fixtures t'or sadfirons, as hereinafter fully shown and de scribed, whereby comfort land convenience in ironing clothes are greatly promoted, and the iron kept in a heated state much longer than usual. l

A represents a sad-iron, which may be constructed in the usual manner; and B is what I term a reilector, the same being constructed of tinned plate or sheet metal, a bright surface being preferable. This reliector is swaged, so that it may conform to the shape ofthe body ot' the iron and fit over its upper surface, like a cap, and is designed to protect the hand of the operator from the heat radiated from the iron. (See Figs. l and 4.)

Gis what I term a heater, also constructed ot' sheet metal, and of rectangular form, bent down at its sides and ends, forming a box with an open bottom, and having an opening made in its top to admit of the body of the iron Al passing through, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. This heater is placed upon the stove, the iron passing into the hole therein, as usual, (see Fig. 2,) the rellector B dropping down upon the l i heater, and thereby causing the iron to be completelyinclosed,excluding the external airfrom the iron, and causing it to heat much more rap. idly than usual. The reflector B works on the two uprights a a of the handle b ot'` the iron, holes being made in the reflector for said uprights to pass through.

D represents what I term a slool, to receive the iron temporarily during the process of ironing. This stool is formed by making an excavation in a block ot' wood, E, the excavation being of such dimensions that it wille` receive the iron. This excavation is lined with sheet metal c, and three pins or nails are driven in its bottom for the iron to rest upon. This stool is used to receive the iron temporarily during the time the operator is folding the clothes, Src., and when the iron is placed inthe stool the reflector rests upon the latter and causes the iron to be completely inf` cased, so that it will retain its heat. (See Fig. 3.)

These fixtures may be constructed at a triiiing expense, and they will prove to be extremely .valu-able, as the irons are heated lnore rapidly than usual, and when heatedand used the heatl prevented from beingradiated therefrom, and the hand ot' the operator protected from heat. y f Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patenti The employment or use,in` connection with a'sad-iron; A, of a reflector B, heater C, anda stool, D, constructed substantially as shown and described, and used either separately or` combined, `for the purposes set forth.

D. L. SHAV.

Witnesses:

E. R. JONES, S. V. SHAW. 

